BOCA RATON, FL (September 21, 2010)
– In celebration of the inauguration of Florida
Atlantic University’s sixth president, Mary Jane Saunders,
FAU’s department of music and several other guest artists
will present the “Waves of Blue” concert on Sunday,
October 24, beginning at 3 p.m. in the Carole and Barry Kaye
Performing Arts Auditorium on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777
Glades Road. General admission tickets are $25; faculty, staff and
Lifelong Learning Society student tickets are $15; and degree
seeking students may obtain tickets for free. Group prices are also
available. Tickets can be purchased by visiting
www.fauevents.com
or by calling 1-800-564-9539. The concert will begin FAU’s
inaugural festivities, and proceeds from the event will benefit the
Presidents Scholarship Challenge Fund.

The
program opens with a performance of the National Anthem and other
selected choral numbers presented by FAU’s Chamber Singers,
under the direction of Patricia Fleitas. This will be followed by
ethnic jazz melodies performed by the international award-winning
Klezmer Company Orchestra,a professional ensemble-in-residence at
FAU’s Libraries directed by Aaron Kula. Heather
Coltman, chair of FAU’s department of music and a
world-renowned concert pianist, along with FAU’s Wind
Ensemble, will then present George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody
in Blue.”

Following
a short intermission, the opera duo Duelling Divas will then
perform their comedic look at the world of opera, followed by
FAU’s Uwwallo Messengers jazz group, under the direction of
Tim Walters. Judith Burganger and Leonid Treerwill then perform two
popular duets on the piano by Brahms. The concert will be concluded
with “Red Cape Tango,” performed by FAU’s Wind
Ensemble, under the direction of Prescott.

Recognizing
the challenges our students face in furthering their education,
Saunders and members of the FAU Foundation Board of Directors
established a matching gift fund called the “President's
Scholarship Challenge.” This fund was launched with a
personal gift of $50,000 from Saunders and will benefit student
scholarships. Contributions through an annual gift designated to
student scholarships at FAU will be matched dollar for dollar
through this program. More information can be found at
www.fau.edu/inauguration/inaug_scholarship.php.

- FAU
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About Florida
Atlantic University:

Florida Atlantic
University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public
university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than
28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and
sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university,
with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges:the
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts
& Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design
and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College
of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate
College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E.
Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of
Nursing and theCharles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information,
visitwww.fau.edu.